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201405021329 24jbwx

inferred encrypted filler

N=17

Metadata

Post ID
24jbwx
Title
201405021329 → 2014-05-02 13:29 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-05-02 12:29:45
Timezone
UTC+1 · title 13:29 against posted 12:29 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
1,104 hex characters · 552 bytes
N from length
17 (64·N + 16 = 1104)
Run
Run 62 (seed 507,820,296) (seed)
Draw
390 · predicted N = 17 ✓
Machine boot
2014-04-10 09:27–10:27 (seed = uptime at app start)
Sources
community-archive, arctic-shift · body from community-archive
Links
Reddit · Arctic Shift · JSON
Score · comments
2 · 1
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

a89134bf2ec6ca732b3754bf97eeb8c2 0f7264de9437a53e8e45103a6d9a2cc5 b66c3eccf286e5fdb1f59eac40cdda38 feca050c659978a3f6e60d3237d0cf6c 3cf4616323d817a1d1ca3e18b8cf042d 11f4546f449d50128a06694a3fe90d3c 7ecbf65536704b428493fdb3b9611552 e1f494e695b7c949aa5e6d49fccc712d 20c429bf30fd7b1182638deea6444224 0c0d451edea4df2658879d637198f3d1 9bb910cecaa891cf50fd02bb705230dd 170bf1ea875b419cafd4a6432b3020ff eff06d74575f96757ed066a1991f4fc2 c1afd889b7d0e82cc3618533bd502ef6 ecbbc536e3925f5e58ccaf5fb91a5bda 20ed522db757a0d2989770c00f8f20a6 e94c1dd4fd23ab65072edf7ba65163ba 48deb47df613693180ec0fa76cc03a9a dbec29c23c78ef4688730a798b31b947 3e879db6faa1715ebb38c1ee5f76e19a efd8a2e1ef532cd5b41ed02ebbc1ce4e 27bf01818e5e40c66adac90d704a1dd1 2914f8f5f836dbc7a6c001dd15d623a2 f65e83f76a572aa0023ce8ff8b02a6ef 95c3cabe21d57afa7830f99666c195fd 9aedfca8f05dc92feed9b7d487775ceb f3eac86486838f46019ddcfef1b84262 f1bee7c38d55d412cabbba17203e1719 d9c65e07d92d4d89cc376fab3c65649c 0b180332918b86402d65c1a0e5d1b105 9730bea5cfb7496687fdfa90ebcc182c 51f8d9cb7303c455ca507783abf9f285 c20ac60060c50e4d79af1544d1d04c83 c4b1a91319bb29da313c673fb98132b9 85e067dc7f5daee7 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 1,104 hex characters = 64 × 17 + 16, i.e. N = 17 GUIDs encrypted with 3DES plus one 8-byte padding block. Every post-cutover filler post has exactly this shape.
  2. Key unknown. The post-cutover key (2013-10-16 onwards) has not been found, so the GUIDs themselves cannot be read. Everything else about the post is accounted for.
  3. Explain the count. This post is draw 390 of Run 62 (seed 507,820,296): new Random(507820296), Next(0,55) per post. The RNG predicts N = 17; the post has N = 17 ✓. The seed is the machine's uptime in ms when the app started (boot 2014-04-10 09:27–10:27).
  4. Conclusion. Filler. Structure and count are explained; the GUIDs are presumed filler like every decrypted post before the cutover.